Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,051
2	Betty	551
3	Dorothy	512
4	Margaret	376
5	Doris	348
6	Helen	318
7	Ruth	262
8	Elizabeth	244
9	Shirley	241
10	Anna	226
11	Catherine	205
12	Dolores	197
13	Frances	188
14	Mildred	174
15	Evelyn	163
16	Jean	162
17	Marie	156
18	Virginia	151
19	Gloria	128
20	Patricia	117
20	Thelma	117
22	Audrey	112
23	Alice	108
23	Charlotte	108
23	Nancy	108
26	Lillian	106
27	Barbara	94
28	Louise	93
28	Norma	93
30	Rose	92
31	Phyllis	90
32	Lorraine	89
33	Joan	88
34	Grace	87
35	Edna	83
36	Edith	81
36	Gladys	81
38	Irene	78
39	Jane	76
40	Delores	72
41	Eleanor	71
41	Peggy	71
43	Ethel	69
44	Geraldine	67
44	Martha	67
46	Pauline	66
46	Theresa	66
48	Agnes	65
49	June	64
50	Lois	63

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	894
2	John	834
3	James	720
4	Robert	677
5	Charles	629
6	Joseph	412
7	George	399
8	Richard	322
9	Edward	299
10	Donald	277
11	Thomas	255
12	Raymond	168
13	Walter	165
14	Harry	160
15	Paul	150
16	Howard	139
17	Frank	128
18	Henry	123
19	David	120
20	Albert	116
21	Bernard	113
21	Herbert	113
23	Kenneth	108
24	Francis	102
25	Harold	101
26	Louis	100
27	Melvin	99
28	Earl	97
29	Lawrence	90
29	Norman	90
31	Eugene	89
32	Arthur	88
33	Leonard	87
34	Clarence	85
34	Ralph	85
36	Carl	83
37	Jack	81
37	Leroy	81
39	Frederick	79
40	Stanley	77
41	Ernest	74
41	Samuel	74
43	Vernon	69
44	Daniel	65
45	Alfred	59
45	Roland	59
47	Elmer	57
48	Carroll	56
49	Calvin	54
50	Theodore	52